diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index 8d6d6e3d95da409e6c72f286338411e38d548893..9e3b4f0f31bd6886a7fa073f29c1cbab19976a8b 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -766,6 +766,9 @@ struct ieee80211_local {
 
 	int tx_headroom; /* required headroom for hardware/radiotap */
 
+	/* count for keys needing tailroom space allocation */
+	int crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt;
+
 	/* Tasklet and skb queue to process calls from IRQ mode. All frames
 	 * added to skb_queue will be processed, but frames in
 	 * skb_queue_unreliable may be dropped if the total length of these
diff --git a/net/mac80211/key.c b/net/mac80211/key.c
index af3c56482c80b519d97d166373c05860b47f28dd..ca3c626b011acec358c0d4f3a73aa9892eb057f9 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/key.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/key.c
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ static int ieee80211_key_enable_hw_accel(struct ieee80211_key *key)
 
 	if (!ret) {
 		key->flags |= KEY_FLAG_UPLOADED_TO_HARDWARE;
+
+		if (!(key->conf.flags & IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_MMIC))
+			key->local->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt--;
+
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -156,6 +160,9 @@ static void ieee80211_key_disable_hw_accel(struct ieee80211_key *key)
 			  key->conf.keyidx, sta ? sta->addr : bcast_addr, ret);
 
 	key->flags &= ~KEY_FLAG_UPLOADED_TO_HARDWARE;
+
+	if (!(key->conf.flags & IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_MMIC))
+		key->local->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt++;
 }
 
 void ieee80211_key_removed(struct ieee80211_key_conf *key_conf)
@@ -388,8 +395,10 @@ static void __ieee80211_key_destroy(struct ieee80211_key *key)
 		ieee80211_aes_key_free(key->u.ccmp.tfm);
 	if (key->conf.cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_AES_CMAC)
 		ieee80211_aes_cmac_key_free(key->u.aes_cmac.tfm);
-	if (key->local)
+	if (key->local) {
 		ieee80211_debugfs_key_remove(key);
+		key->local->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt--;
+	}
 
 	kfree(key);
 }
@@ -451,6 +460,8 @@ int ieee80211_key_link(struct ieee80211_key *key,
 
 	ieee80211_debugfs_key_add(key);
 
+	key->local->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt++;
+
 	ret = ieee80211_key_enable_hw_accel(key);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&sdata->local->key_mtx);
@@ -492,8 +503,12 @@ void ieee80211_enable_keys(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 
 	mutex_lock(&sdata->local->key_mtx);
 
-	list_for_each_entry(key, &sdata->key_list, list)
+	sdata->local->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt = 0;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(key, &sdata->key_list, list) {
+		sdata->local->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt++;
 		ieee80211_key_enable_hw_accel(key);
+	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&sdata->local->key_mtx);
 }
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index a2043e40549365f2ab1c41e767a4cc00127ae204..e3e3aa173af07d324d5fb745c76a1d28fc057985 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -1476,12 +1476,7 @@ static int ieee80211_skb_resize(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 {
 	int tail_need = 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * This could be optimised, devices that do full hardware
-	 * crypto (including TKIP MMIC) need no tailroom... But we
-	 * have no drivers for such devices currently.
-	 */
-	if (may_encrypt) {
+	if (may_encrypt && local->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt) {
 		tail_need = IEEE80211_ENCRYPT_TAILROOM;
 		tail_need -= skb_tailroom(skb);
 		tail_need = max_t(int, tail_need, 0);